Employability Skills Portfolio

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Employability Skills Portfolio

Portfolios are not only general but specific

• We have an employability skills portfolio – it is a general portfolio showcasing you.

• Some portfolios are more specific…if you were a graphic designer what would your portfolio look like?

Graphic Design

What kind of portfolio do you hope to have in the future?

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Portfolios …help to get the job

Career Development 2201 Employability Skills Portfolio Checklist

• How Items are to be placed in your ESP Portfolio

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Checklist• 1. Employability Skills Portfolio Student’s name page Resume And Cover letter

• 2. Table of Contents

• 3. Background Information for Employers/ Organizations (given in class)

• 4. Employability Skills 2000+ (given in class)

• 5. Documentation Log: item, reason and employability skills number

Checklist• 6. Title page Fundamental Skills3 to 5

examples –in order listed on documentation Log

• 7. Title page Personal Management Skills3 to 5 examples –in order listed on Documentation Log

• 8. Title page Team Work Skills3 to 5 examples –in order listed on Documentation Log

Check List• 9. Title Page Compulsory Items • 10. My Three Year Plan• 11.Career decision Making Model ( given in

class) • 12. My Career Plan• 13. Future Sources of Career Information• 14. My Personal Action Plan• 15. My Community Contribution Record• 16. Evaluator and Checklist

Employability Skills PortfolioGonzela Viking

Portfolio Review By Employer/Organization

Please review my Employability Skills Portfolio at your convenience. I believe it will help demonstrate that I have acquired the skills needed to be successful in the world of work. I hope it will assist you in making a good decision and I wish you well in your deliberations.

Name: Gonzela Viking Address: 20 Smithville Crescent St. John’s, Nl A1B 2V2

Phone: 709-753-7511 Fax:: 709-743-2111 E-mail: gonzelaviking@esdnl.ca

Cover Page #1

Resume #2

Table of Contents # 3

• Created by YOU• Must match order of items in

Documentation Log• Must customize to suit your portfolio• Cite: www.communitycc.ca/ccc/resources/progmaterial.asp

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Employability Shills Portfolio

Table of Contents

1) Resume 2) Background Information for Employers/Organizations 3) Employability Skills Profile 4) Employability Skills Portfolio - Documentation Log 5) Fundamental Skills Section a) b) c) 5) Personal Management Skills Section a) b) c) 6) Teamwork Skills Section a) b) c) 7) Compulsory Items Section a) My Three Year Plan b) Career Decision Making Model c) My Career Plan ( Transition to Educational Opportunities ) d) Future Sources of Career Information e) My Personal Action Plan f) My Activity Plan & Community Contribution Activity Record g) Parental/Guardian Assessment Forms Used in Developing Your Employability Skills Portfolio are Available at: http://www.communitycc.ca/ccc/resources/progmaterial.asp

Our 2011 ESP

Now Compare to Template

NOTE changes you need to make

Table of Contents

Employability Shills Portfolio

Table of Contents

1) Background Information for Employers/Organizations 2) Employability Skills Profile 3) Employability Skills Portfolio - Documentation Log 4) Fundamental Skills Section a) b) c) 5) Personal Management Skills Section a) b) c) 5) Teamwork Skills Section a) b) c) 7) Compulsory Items Section a) Career Pathways-Education and Career Planner b) Career Decision Making Model c) My Career Plan ( Transition to Educational/Employment Opportunities ) d) Future Sources of Career Information e) My Personal Action Plan f) Community Contribution Activity Record g) Work Placement Learning Plan (Co-op Education) h) Personal Resume Forms Used in Developing Your Employability Skills Portfolio are Available at: http://www.communitycc.ca/ccc/resources/progmaterial.asp

Background Information for Employers/Organizations What is the Employability Skills 2000+ Profile ? The Employability Skills Profile on the next page is a list of generic work skills that employers throughout

Canada have identified as being important in all jobs. The Profile, developed by the Conference Board of Canada, lists fifty six (56) transferable skills that are needed by employees in order to be successful in today’s workplace.

These generic transferable skills are grouped under three main headings: 1. Fundamental Skills, 2. Personal Management Skills, and 3. Teamwork Skills. The Employability Skills Profile includes eleven sub groups of generic skills:Communication, Managing Information, Using Numbers, Thinking and Solving Problems, Demonstrating

Positive Attitudes and Behaviours, Being Responsible, Being Adaptable, learning Continuously, Working Safely, Working with Others, and Participating in Projects and Tasks.

What is an Employability Skills Portfolio ?An Employability Skills Portfolio is a collection of purposefully selected items (documents, certificates,

awards...) that one gathers throughout his/her life. These items illustrate a person’s skills, values, abilities, and interests. The Portfolio provides documentation that a person has participated in certain activities and as a result has acquired essential employability skills.

Documentation LogEach item included in this Employability Skills Portfolio is linked to a specific employability skill that is

identified in the Portfolio’s Documentation Log.

Background Information #4

Employability Skills 2000+ #5Need to hyperlink

• Sheet given in class • Or print from:• www.communitycc.ca/ccc/resources/prog

material.asp

Documentation Log #6

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Employability Skills Portfolio Documentation Log

Item #

Item DescriptionReason for Including in Portfolio

Link to Specific Employability Skill(s) Portfolio Section

1. Item: Mathematics & Design Project on Graphing Calculator

Fundamental

Reason: This design project forced me to take all the graphing skills and knowledge I learned in the first term and apply them in order to come up with a design. (7)

Note (7) is the link to your employability skills look back at Employability Skills 2000+- where is #7?

Title Page: Fundamental Skills

• Created by YOU on Microsoft Word• Must be followed by minimum of 3 items maximum of 5 items. Can’t remember what to include?• Cite:

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Fundamental Skills• Progress Cards • Academic = Fundamental

Title Page:Personal Management Skills

• Created by YOU on Microsoft Word• Must be followed by minimum of 3 items maximum of 5 items. Can’t remember what to include?• Cite:

www.communitycc.ca/ccc/resources/progmaterial.asp

Personal Management

Title Page:Team Work Skills

• Created by YOU on Microsoft Word• Must be followed by minimum of 3 items maximum of 5 items. Can’t remember what to include?• Cite: www.communitycc.ca/ccc/resources/progmaterial.asp

Team Work Skills

Compulsory Items• Created by YOU on Microsoft Word• Can’t remember what to include?• Cite:

www.communitycc.ca/ccc/resources/progmaterial.asp

• means already completed in class

• My Three Year Plan• Career Decision Making Modell• Future Sources of Career Information• My Personal Action Plan• My Activity Report & Community Contribution Record• Parental/ Guardian Assessment

Last but not least• Evaluator and Checklist• Handed out in class• Due Date: April 21/11

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